Implantable pH Sensor for Insulin Control
October 21, 2014 | Terry Sharrer
“A team of bioengineers from ETH Zurich’s Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in Basel have now developed a new implantable molecular device composed of two modules: a sensor that constantly measures blood pH and a gene feedback mechanism that produces the necessary amount of insulin. They constructed both modules from biological components, such as various genes and proteins, and incorporated them into cultivated renal cells. The researchers then embedded millions of these customized cells in capsules which can be used as implants in the body.” MORE
Image Credit: from ETH Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering and ScienceDaily.com